{"id":131,"date":"2007-05-10T01:50:51","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T23:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalbrain.ch\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2007-05-10T02:05:15","modified_gmt":"2007-05-10T00:05:15","slug":"corporate-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.totalbrain.ch\/wordpress\/corporate-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Develop Your Total Brain for Executive Peak Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 Eliminate harmful stress<br \/>\n\u2022 Optimize decision-making and planning<br \/>\n\u2022 Improve cardiovascular health<br \/>\n\u2022 Improve productivity<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>There are countless executive training programs that promise to improve an executive\u2019s effectiveness\u2014but how can those improvements be documented objectively? This Corporate Leadership Program, which includes the Transcendental Meditation program of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, is the only executive training program that can be scientifically documented to improve\u2014on a daily basis\u2014the executive functioning of the brain. Published research shows that these improvements lead to increased creativity and intelligence and improved decision-making, judgment, planning, moral reasoning, and sense of self.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>The Transcendental Meditation program has been learned by hundreds of thousands of professionals as a simple, effective technique to prevent and solve the problems of<br \/>\n\u2022 Executive burnout<br \/>\n\u2022 Anxiety and depression<br \/>\n\u2022 Poor planning and decision-making<br \/>\n\u2022 Memory loss<br \/>\n\u2022 Drug and alcohol abuse<br \/>\n\u2022 High blood pressure<br \/>\n\u2022 Sleep disorders<br \/>\n\u2022 Health care costs<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>How stress damages the brain<\/strong><br \/>\nStress, pressure, fatigue, poor diet, alcohol, and drugs damage neural connections between the brain\u2019s prefrontal cortex\u2014or \u201cCEO\u201d\u2014and the rest of the brain. When you are overtired or under intense mental or physical stress, the brain bypasses its \u201chigher,\u201d more evolved, rational frontal executive circuits\u2014it starts using more primitive stimulus\/response pathways. Consequently, you respond to daily demands without thinking; you make impulsive, shortsighted decisions. When the CEO goes \u201coffline,\u201d strong emotions, such as fear and anger, take over, adversely coloring your view of the world.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>How the Transcendental Meditation technique optimizes the brain<\/strong><br \/>\nThe stress-reducing, nonreligious Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique provides the experience of \u201crestful alertness,\u201d which reduces stress, strengthens communication between the brain\u2019s prefrontal cortex and different areas of the brain, and develops total brain functioning. As a result, the TM practitioner displays stronger executive functions, with more purposeful thinking and farsighted decision-making. When the CEO is fully \u201conline,\u201d the emotional response to the world is more balanced and appropriate.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>How stress damages the heart<\/strong><br \/>\nPsychological stress has been shown to increase activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis. This increased activation releases adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol, which lead to faster heart rate, increased cardiac output, and narrower arteries. These changes, in turn, create increased blood pressure. Activation of these systems also accelerates the progress of atherosclerosis and can lead to acute plaque rupture, which results in ischemia of the heart (angina) and coronary heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>How the Transcendental Meditation technique promotes a healthy heart<\/strong><br \/>\nThe twice-daily practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique reduces activation of the sympathetic nervous system\u2014which, in turn, dilates the blood vessels and reduces stress hormones, such as adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol. Published research confirms that the TM technique:<br \/>\n\u2022 Reduces high blood pressure<br \/>\n\u2022 Reduces atherosclerosis<br \/>\n\u2022 Reduces constriction of blood vessels<br \/>\n\u2022 Reduces thickening of coronary arteries<br \/>\n\u2022 Reduces use of antihypertensive medication<br \/>\n\u2022 Reduces mortality rates.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Do all meditation practices improve the functioning of the brain\u2019s prefrontal cortex?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Research confirms what one would expect. Different meditation techniques produce different effects on mind and body\u2014just as different medicines affect the body differently. EEG and brain imaging show that only the experience of transcendental consciousness\u2014unbounded awareness\u2014gained during the Transcendental Meditation technique enhances the functioning of the CEO of the brain. \u201cMindfulness,\u201d \u201cvisualization,\u201d or \u201cconcentration\u201d techniques enliven isolated areas and functions of the brain.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Research documents the benefits of the Transcendental Meditation program<\/strong><br \/>\nThe American National Institutes of Health has granted over $20 million to study the effects on the Transcendental Meditation program for the prevention and treatment of heart disease, hypertension, and stroke. In addition, hundreds of other studies have been conducted on the beneficial effects of the TM program for mind, health, behavior, and society at over 210 independent universities and research institutions in 33 countries, including Harvard, Yale, and UCLA Medical School.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the Transcendental Meditation technique?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique is a simple, effortless mental technique practiced 15 to 20 minutes twice a day, sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. During TM practice, the active mind settles down naturally to quieter and quieter levels of the thinking process until the practitioner experiences the source of thought\u2014the most settled yet fully awake state of awareness, also called \u201cpure consciousness.\u201d As the mind settles down, the body also settles down and gains a state<br \/>\nof rest and relaxation that is, in many respects, deeper than the deepest part of deep sleep. This unique state of \u201crestful alertness\u201d eliminates stress and fatigue and is the basis for increased creativity and intelligence, improved health, and improved relations with others.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ramani Ayer, Chairman and CEO The Hartford Financial Services Group:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cThe Transcendental Meditation technique has been ideally suited to my hectic life. It has demonstrably reduced my stress and helped to maintain my good health, and has immeasurably benefited my family and business relationships. Importantly, it has helped me to make clearer, more effective decisions on the job\u2014and has reinforced my integrity in my dealings with all my stakeholders. I encourage you to look more closely into this highly effective technique\u2014and to take up the practice.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nRamani Ayer has been practicing the TM technique for 35 years.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalbrain.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/executive-performance-bro.pdf\" title=\"executive-performance-bro.pdf\"><u><strong>Executive Performance brochure.pdf<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Develop Your Total Brain for Executive Peak Performance \u2022 Eliminate harmful stress \u2022 Optimize decision-making and planning \u2022 Improve cardiovascular health \u2022 Improve productivity There are countless executive training programs that promise to improve an executive\u2019s effectiveness\u2014but how can those improvements be documented objectively? 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